Photos of the week March 29
Images from the past week from the photo staff at The Gazette
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Jill Ascher and her daughter Maddie Lutz comfort each other during a candlelight vigil to mourn the loss of 10 people including a police officer who were killed in a mass shooting at King Soopers supermarket on Monday, outside the courthouse in Boulder, Colo., on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Ascher lost her friend Tralona Bartkowiak, who was one of the 10 people killed. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
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Daniel Giffin, 13, center, leads the start of the 15-mile bike ride during the second annual Walk, Run or Roll for Daniel fundraiser at Legacy Loop Gateway Plaza in Colorado Springs on Saturday, March 27, 2021. As an ambassador for Children's Hospital of Colorado, Giffin hosted the fundraiser to benefit the pediatric neurosurgery department and The Daniels Fund. His goal was to raise $2,000 from the event. A total of $3,500 was raised, with $2,000 benefiting the hospital and the remanding benefiting The Daniels Fund, to help with his medical costs. Giffin was diagnosed at age 11 with a brain tumor known as anaplastic ependymoma. He had his sixth brain surgery in February this year, totaling 38 days of radiation in the last two-and-a-half years since his diagnoses. Giffin is currently cancer and tumor free said his mother, Torie Giffin, owner of Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort. Daniel's message for others going through the battle with cancer or other medical issues is that God has a plan. "It may not always seem right, or may seem bad or wrong at the time, maybe even make you sad but God has a plan," he shared. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
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A solemn group of King Soopers employees, left, some from the Boulder store and some from the same district, brought large sprays of flowers for each of the victims of a mass shooting at a Boulder Kings Soopers store on Monday. Each spray had a card with condolences for the victims’ families and signed by their King Soopers family. (The Gazette, Jerilee Bennett)
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Crews align the first of three new engines for The Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway Friday, March 26, 2021, as it is slowly lowered onto the new railroad tracks at the cog railroad station in Manitou Springs by two large cranes. The engine, three new passenger cars and a new snowblower arrived Friday and were placed on the new tracks as the railroad prepares for its soft opening May. 1. One engine and three more passenger cars will arrive April 15 and the third set is scheduled to arrive on May 13. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock)
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Ed Elkins, 74, reels in another trout as he fishes Quail Lake in Colorado Springs, Colo., on a sunny Friday, March 19, 2021. Elkins, who doesn’t eat fish, had caught 44 by 11:30 a.m. He’s had several days already this year with more than 100 catches and can be found on the lake any day temperatures reach above 40 degrees. Elkins releases all his fish. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock)
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The police cruiser of Officer Eric Talley has almost been swallowed by the flowers and sentiments left at the Boulder Public Safety Center. Talley was among the 10 people who were killed in a shooting at a King Soopers on Monday afternoon. Talley, 51, had been with the department since 2010 and was the first officer to arrive at the scene at 3600 Table Mesa Drive, where he was fatally shot. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
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Colorado Springs police and fire first responders stand on the overpass of Bijou Street and Interstate 25 and salute to Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley's mother as she passes through Colorado Springs, Colo., on Saturday, March 27, 2021. Officer Talley's mother was driven up from New Mexico by Colorado State Patrol so she can attend her son's funeral scheduled for Tuesday. First responders stood on Bijou and N. Academy overpasses to honor and pay their respects to officer Talley's family and all the victims who were killed in a mass shooting in Boulder that happened on March 22. "As first responders, whether we work together in the same jurisdiction or not, it is really important now that we show support to the fallen officer's mom and to all of the victims of the tragedy in Boulder," said Commander John Koch, of the Colorado Springs Police Department Gold Hill Division.(Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
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Colorado Springs woke up to a beautiful blanket of snow on Monday morning. Matthew Laretta and Arturo Sanchez (right to left) take their dog, Koa, for a walk in the snow in the Old North End on Monday, March 22, 2020. The weather could do a repeat performance on Tuesday night, with a forecast of more snow, especially in the high elevations. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
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A squirrel peeks out of her home in the backyard of John Snyder. Snyder builds the boxes to create a safe haven for squirrels from predators. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock)
